Articles by Eric J. Burton (835)

The Message, Stay In School
Mayors Manor is a hockey prospects blog that I read from time to time. Recently, I was checking out something…
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Is Auston Matthews Headed to Europe? Sounds Like It
Auston Matthews is going to be one of the top American players taken in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft. Matthews was on record…
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NCAA Tourney Not Changing Format
Last week, during the American Hockey Coaches Association meetings in Naples Florida, the coaches discussed moving the NCAA regionals back…
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How About a NCHC-WCHA Challenge?
Since the NCHC formed, I have always thought that an NCHC-WCHA challenge would be a good idea. Obviously, under the…
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No is Good News, or Is It?
Good morning, the NCAA coaches had their meeting last week in Florida and surprisingly nothing very newsworthy has come out…
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UND’s defense tops in the NCHC
First, I don’t think that UND assistant coach Brad Berry gets enough credit for his work with the UND defensemen….
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Wisconsin’s Mike Eaves on Double Secret Probation
After having what most would consider as a really bad season (one of the worst in their team’s history), University…
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Auston Matthews Close to a Decision
I know some are wondering where future first-round pick Auston Matthews is going to play next season. I am, too….
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Hum, That’s an Interesting Perspective
First, stick tap to Brianvf for posting this on Sioux Sports. I guess this is an interesting way to look…
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Will Jack Eichel Return to BU?
The big question this offseason, will BU freshman phenom Jack Eichel return to Boston University Terriers for his sophomore season?…
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Never Happened
For the record this never happened. Said writer hasn’t been to North Dakota. Given that he hasn’t decided yet what…
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Kings waiting on LaDue
This is the worst time of the year. College hockey fans are waiting to see if their favorite players return,…
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The Beginning of the Early Departures?
There’s a little news on the player departure front. I have been surfing the internet the past couple of days…
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Is this issue ever going to die?
I have already touched on this subject earlier today. This afternoon, I stumbled across a blog post from Mike McFeely….
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UND’s 2015-16 Schedule
Brad Schlossman has posted the 2015-16 UND Hockey Schedule on his blog. Oct. 3 or 4 — EXHIBITION Oct. 9-10 —…
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Frozen Four: Poor Officiating on Display
First I want to be clear, officiating didn’t cost UND the game on Thursday night. They didn’t play well enough…
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The annual #FireHakstol Tweets (If you need a good laugh)
The University of North Dakota season has come to an abrupt end. Hey, this one stings a bit. Especially, for…
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Frozen Four on Twitter
The Frozen Four is finally here. Here are some interesting tweets that have hit my tweet deck, so far. pic.twitter.com/a6mDn81EqM…
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Wisconsin, You’ve Got a Mess in Madison
Yesterday, news broke that Mike Eaves had fired his assistant coaches Gary Shuchuk and Matt Walsh. This is going to be…
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Comparing BU and UND
Looking at the BU and UND’s offensive numbers the teams are very similar. BU has 153 goals (2nd nationally). UND…
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Sunday Morning Frozen Four Links
Good morning! There are four days till the Frozen Four. Here’s some of the links that you might find interesting….
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Where’s Auston Matthews Going to end Up?
If I had to make a guess, I would say that Auston Matthews is going to the Western Hockey League. I…
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Frozen Four Links, Less than a Week to Go
Good morning. A week from today, we will have the final two teams for the Frozen Four. In my opinion,…
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Breaking down the Teams in the Frozen Four
Key Players Boston University: Boston University: Forwards: Jack Eichel (24g-43g—67pts), Evan Rodrigues (21g-40a—61pts), Danny O’Regan (22g-26a—48pts), Cason Hohmann (10g-18a—28pts), Matt…
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(Video) RIT’s Game-Winning Goal Against Minnesota State
Anyone that is familiar with me knows that I can be critical of the officials. I know it’s easy to…
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SCSU’s Game-Winning Goal Against MTU
s/t to @cjzero I told someone after the game between SCSU and MTU that this was karma. At the end…
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